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Gastric bypass surgery improves liver diseases.(Obesity)
CAMBRIDGE, MD. -- Gastric bypass surgery can improve liver pathology in patients who have been diagnosed with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, Kris V. Kowdley, M.D., said at a hepatobiliary update sponsored by Johns Hopkins University.
Some researchers have expressed concerns that the dramatic and rapid weight loss associated with gastric bypass surgery could actually exacerbate nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), but that "clearly is not the case," said Dr. Kowdley of the University of Washington, Seattle.
Two recent studies support the beneficial effect of gastroplasty on this spectrum of liver pathology. A 2004 study…
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